De Bruyne was nominated for helping City win the Premier League and Belgium reach the World Cup semi-finals.

Kane, the only English player to be named so far, is also up against Ronaldo's former Real Madrid team-mate Gareth Bale and Chelsea duo Eden Hazard and N'Golo Kante.

Manchester City forward Sergio Aguero and PSG's Neymar are nominated as are two other prolific South American strikers: Uruguayans Edinson Cavani of PSG and Luis Suarez of Barcelona.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and The BestFIFA's Men's Player award victor Luka Modric all made the list, along with Premier League stars Eden Hazard, Mohamed Salah and Harry Kane.

The Spain worldwide, who was named in the FIFA FIFPro World 11 last month, has not been included in the latest group of five nominees for France Football's individual prize. The award ceremony takes place on December 3.

Interpol president resigns amid Beijing probeSome of them might have been pursued by Chinese authorities under Meng's watch as vice minister for public security . Meng had lived with his wife and two children in Lyon since being elected Interpol president in 2016.

Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois and Atletico Madrid defender Diego Godin also make the final nominees, released throughout Monday by French magazine France Football.

Manchester City's Sergio Aguero and Kevin de Bruyne are contenders while Liverpool's formidable top three Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino were all included.

Brazil's Marta, crowned best women's player for a record sixth time at last month's Federation Internationale de Football Association awards, is also in contention after her role in winning the Copa America.

In another first, the best under-21 player will receive the Kopa Trophy.

A panel of journalists select the Ballon d'Or victor which was first established in 1956 and will this year feature a women's award for the first time.

McConnell: Kavanaugh deserved an up-or-down vote
Murkowski ultimately withdrew herself from the final tally as a gesture of goodwill toward her Republican colleague, Sen. Kavanaugh's nomination seals a conservative majority on the nine-seat high court, possibly for decades to come.

Government to send test alert messages Wednesday to cell phones
It has grown more sophisticated since it was created in the 1950s, and now includes a system to send warnings to cellphones, too. These alerts will come from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ).

Two senators say they will vote to confirm Kavanaugh
The senate is expected to confirm Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court on Saturday around 9pm United Kingdom time. Vice President Mike Pence planned to be available on Saturday in case his tie-breaking vote was needed.

Missing Interpol chief detained in China for questioning
A French judicial official says Friday Oct.5, 2018 the president of Interpol has been reported missing after traveling to China . Mr Meng likely dealt extensively with former security chief Zhou Yongkang, who is now serving a life sentence for corruption.

Prithvi becomes youngest Indian to score 100 on Test debut
Shaw became India's second-youngest century maker after Sachin Tendulkar as he reached three figures early in the second session. India opener Lokesh Rahul was out in the first over for a duck, but Shaw and Pujara cruised, putting on 206 runs together.

South China Sea Cold War revealed
In the past two weeks, the USA and China have canceled several high-level military-to-military meetings meant to defuse tensions. Mattis this week acknowledged "tension points" between the USA and China, but told reporters he did not "see it getting worse".

Nick Saban blasts Alabama defense after Arkansas rout
"We're obviously playing better on offense than we are on defense". "We had a lot of explosive plays, a lot of big plays". Prior to taking over as a starter this season, Diggs was one of the primary returners in his first two seasons.

Pompeo to travel to N.Korea, meet Kim
US officials have said the sanctions will remain in place until North Korea has "fully" and "verifiably" denuclearized. Pompeo's visit comes ahead of a planned second summit between Kim and President Donald Trump .

Fabregas willing to extend stay at Chelsea under Sarri
Asked if he would sign a new contract if Chelsea were to offer him one, Fabregas replied: "Yeah I'm very open about it". Click through the mini-gallery to see Hazard's choice for the four best players in the Premier League .

EPL: Guardiola rates Man City’s Aguero ahead of Salah
The City boss said: "The best way to protect the bus is for the Liverpool fans to be as Liverpool fans supposedly are". We beat them at home last season but at Anfield we weren't able to play well enough to beat them.